Personal Info
Birth date
1969-02-05 (56 Years)
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Harelbeke
Also known as
-Wim Opbrouck
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Wim Opbrouck (born in Bavikhove, 5 February 1969) is a Flemish actor and singer. He is especially known for his work on stage. Opbrouck comes from Bavikhove, part of Harelbeke and studied at the Herman Teirlinck Studio. As an actor, he joined the Blue Monday Company. In 1997 he performed in a 12-hour theater marathon production of Ten oorlog by Tom Lanoye. Following the merger of this company with KNS (Antwerp), he became an actor at the Drama House. He took on large roles in Aars!, Leenane Trilogy, L. King of Pain, and Macbeth. In 2005 he transferred to the new NTGent. He gained fame through his appearance in the travel documentary De bende van Wim, a collaboration with composer and producer Jean Blaute and photographer Michiel Hendryckx, in which he travels through Europe on a motorcycle. He's also well known for appearing in the television shows Windkracht 10 and In De Gloria. He played in the films like Manneken Pis, Meisje and Everybody's Famous! In addition, he also plays the occasional group The Dolfijntjes. He sings and plays accordion. In 2008 it was reported that in 2010 he would succeed John Simons as artistic director of NTGent. In the 2010 film Vreemd bloed he plays a butcher. Description above from the Wikipedia article Wim Opbrouck, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
Arcadia
6.107
Overview:
Following a major catastrophe, a new society, Arcadia, is born. Resources have become scarce and a point system, known as the Citizen Score, is introduced. It determines what you can and may do and what a citizen is entitled to.Young Hearts
8.427
Overview:
14-year-old Elias increasingly feels like an outsider in his village. When he meets his new neighbour of the same age, Alexander, Elias is confronted with his burgeoning sexuality.Public Enemy
6.883
Overview:
Freed after 20 years in prison, the child killer Guy Beranger found refuge with the monks in Vielsart, a small village in Belgian's Ardennes. He is placed under the protection of a young Federal Police's inspector, Chloé Muller. A little while after his release, a little girl disappears.Witse
6.5
Overview:
Witse is a Dutch language crime drama produced by Belgian broadcaster VRT and broadcast on their één channel. It is also shown on BVN. First broadcast in 2004, as of 2010 the programme comprises eight series with a ninth and final series planned for 2012. It stars Hubert Damen as the eponymous Witse, a driven inspector in the Belgian federal police based in Halle. It is one of the most popular Flemish television programmes with some 1.6 million viewers. There are also Witse books. The first three were based on the last two episodes of each season, but since 2010 every six months a brand new story is published, written and invented by established Belgian writers, as Bob Van Laerhoven and Bart Van Lierde. The music for Witse is composed by Steve Willaert.Sinterklaas en Koning Kabberdas
NYR
Overview:
Riko Tik used to be bullied as a kid, now he want revenge. He falsifies the book of the Sint so that it looks like all the kids have been naughty this year. Disguised as king Kabberdas he goes to the house of the Sint to fool the holy man with the wrong book.It's All So Quiet
6.3
Overview:
The story of a farmer who realizes that his life has been influenced to an unhealthy extent by his aging father.Russian Dolls: Sex Trade
7.3
Overview:
Young women from Lithuania and Russia are taken to Belgium by a gang involved in the sex trade to work as sex slaves.Pippa
4.1
Overview:
Pippa and Glenn are done after 5 years of marriage, they both wan't to divorce but can't seem to agree on the devision of everything.Annette
6.715
Overview:
The story of Henry, a stand-up comedian with a fierce sense of humour and Ann, a singer of international renown. In the spotlight, they are the perfect couple, healthy, happy, and glamourous. The birth of their first child, Annette, a mysterious girl with an exceptional destiny, will change their lives.W. Witse: de film
5.808
Overview:
Witse returns to his hometown to find his niece's murderer. It doesn't take long before Witse gets in trouble with local police authorities. While conducting his investigation, old family issues are starting to surface.Hij komt, hij komt, ... intrede van de Sint
NYR
Overview:
Sinterklaas is coming to our country again! As is tradition, he will once again give his speech from the balcony of Antwerp City Hall.Hij komt, hij komt, ... intrede van de Sint
NYR
Overview:
Sinterklaas is coming to our country again! As is tradition, he will once again give his speech from the balcony of Antwerp City Hall.Ad Fundum
6.3
Overview:
Sammy Raes, a nice, naive law-freshman from a simple family, dies in a form of hazing known as the 'flying carpet'. The father of the arrogant fraternity president Guy Bogaerts who ordered this reckless procedure abuses his connections to prevent a judicial homicide conviction, while the college authorities prefer to avoid a scandal in the press. However Sammy's freshmen friends Tom Smits and DennHij komt, hij komt, ... intrede van de Sint
NYR
Overview:
Sinterklaas is coming to our country again! As is tradition, he will once again give his speech from the balcony of Antwerp City Hall.Ventoux
5.673
Overview:
A group of friends reunite after 30 years to climb the Mont Ventoux again. Memories to a happy youth but also new discoveries from the past. One person is not present at the reunion. Why is that? What happened?Kiekeboe: Het witte bloed
4
Overview:
The Kiekeboe family goes on vacation to the "The New Paradise". Camping Along rides Kiekeboe a man with a wound from which white blood comes. An ambulance takes the man chased him. Surprised, the family decides to forget the incident and continue their journey.Cobain
6.4
Overview:
Fifteen-year-old Cobain tries to get his pregnant mother Mia to quit her self-destructive lifestyle. When she refuses to clean up her act, Cobain takes over.Misstakes
NYR
Overview:
André Mahy, an artistic but unemployed director, gets an offer to make a movie, the script of which appears to be a 'Kiekeboe' comic story entitled Misstakes. A fascinating dialogue develops between the fictional story of the family Kiekeboe and the real story of André Mahy and his film crew.Elixer
7
Overview:
Isabelle Rombauts is unexpectedly appointed CEO of the family business Rombauts Pharma, an important player on the international pharmaceutical market. She soon encounters the consequences of serious mismanagement by her father and brother. And she is faced with a devilish dilemma: should she follow her own conscience? Or the interests of her influential family?Het Eiland
9
Overview:
Michelle, Guido and Frankie have been co-workers and close friends for years. But when their boss gets fired, Guido gets a promotion and is replaced by the odd Alain Van Damme. No normal day passes on this work floor where impossible situations, hilarious moments and odd people are just a daily thing.Forgotten Street
2
Overview:
Feature based on the novel with the same name by the Flemish writer Louis Paul Boon. The celebrated author lives in a cul de sac threatened with demolition. He observes his neighbors in their struggle against the threat that leads to selfishness, individualism and resignation. The writer invents a new street that is outside the new world.Acting
TBAThe Humble Stonemason as Voice
TBAOntmaskerd as narrator
2025Elixir (1 Episode) as Ludo Rombauts
2025Elixer (8 Episodes) as Ludo Rombauts
2025Like They Walk on the Moon as Self
2024Hij komt, hij komt, ... intrede van de Sint as Sinterklaas
2024Young Hearts as Tony
2024Komen Eten (4 Episodes) as Self
202420 Years The Island as Franky Loosveld
2024Last Call as David
2023Hij komt, hij komt, ... intrede van de Sint as Sinterklaas
2023Dutch Touch as Michel ("Hello, Stranger")
2023Arcadia (13 Episodes) as Jaak Philips
2023Our Nature (7 Episodes) as Narrator (voice)
2022Hij komt, hij komt, ... intrede van de Sint as Sinterklaas
2022Chantal (8 Episodes) as Roland Schiettekatte
2022Uncles (9 Episodes) as Christian Van Eeden
2022Dat Eet Dan Gelukkig Zijn (25 Episodes) as Self - Voice-over
2021Hij komt, hij komt, ... intrede van de Sint as Sinterklaas
2021Sinterklaas en Koning Kabberdas as Sinterklaas
2021Annette as Announcer Opera Annette
2020Hij komt, hij komt, ... intrede van de Sint as Sinterklaas
2020The Masked Singer (1 Episode) as Self - Judge
2020#LikeMe Mini Concert as Roger L'Argent
2020All of Us as Cédric
2019Hij komt, hij komt, ... intrede van de Sint as Sinterklaas
2019Dag Sinterklaas (20 Episodes) as Sinterklaas
2019#LikeMe (13 Episodes) as Roger L'Argent
2018Cobain as Wickmayer
2018Fenix (4 Episodes) as Baruch
2017The Day My House Fell as Unknown
2017Tytgat Chocolat (7 Episodes) as Roman Tytgat, CEO Tytgat Chocolat
2017Bake Off Vlaanderen (36 Episodes) as Self - Host
2017Saint Hubert as Unknown
2017Find This Dumb Little Bitch and Throw Her Into a River as Wim
2016Pippa as Corneel Corbeels
2016Hello, Stranger as Michel
2016Isra and the Magical Book as Mr. Gugle
2016Public Enemy (1 Episode) as Wim Torck
2015Café Derby as Georges
2015Ventoux as David
2014Bowling Balls as Mon Dewilde
2014W. Witse: de film as Commissaris
2014In Flanders Fields (10 Episodes) as Phillippe Boesman
2013Alleen Elvis blijft bestaan (1 Episode) as Self
2013Albert II (5 Episodes) as Jean-Luc Dehaene
2013It's All So Quiet as Dairy Driver
2012Twee tot de zesde macht (1 Episode) as Self
2011Madonna's Pig as Burgemeester
2011Isabelle as Bernard
2011Swimsuit 46 as Zwemleraar
2011The Tour (9 Episodes) as Tommy Lievens
2010Frits and Freddy as Carlo Mus
2009Can Go Through Skin as John
2008Mijn Restaurant as Self - Host
2007A Perfect Match as Julien
2005Russian Dolls: Sex Trade (1 Episode) as Mike Simons
2004Het Eiland (13 Episodes) as Frankie Loosveld
2004Witse (3 Episodes) as Commissaris
2004Voer voor Kranken as Stem
2003De Slimste Mens ter Wereld (6 Episodes) as Self - Jury
2002De bende van Wim (21 Episodes) as Unknown
2002Girl as Alain
2000Everybody's Famous! as Rik De Visser
2000Misstakes as Frank Verbert
2000In De Gloria (20 Episodes) as Unknown
2000De grote boze wolf show (39 Episodes) as Sus de Stroper
1999Man of Steel as Portier
1999Forgotten Street as Nonkel
1999Cheese as van Blauwhoedveem
1998Recht op Recht (1 Episode) as Wim Waesbeke
1998Hof Van Assisen (1 Episode) as Zoon
1997Windkracht 10 (13 Episodes) as Nick "Mercator" Bouvry
1995Manneken Pis as Bert
1993Ad Fundum as Jean-Luc
1992Kiekeboe: Het witte bloed as Verpleger
Writing
2025Like They Walk on the Moon ... Writer